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Lena <I>Dodson</I> Griffin

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Lena Dodson Griffin

Birth
Coryell County, Texas, USA
Death
10 Nov 1961 (aged 83)
Davis, Murray County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Davis, Murray County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
Old South, Blk 2 South, Row 17
Memorial ID
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First husband was John E. Cotten
Their children:
Ruby C. Cotten
Claude E. Cotten
Jessie O. Cotten Strickland
Roy Cotten
maybe Jewel Cotten?

2nd husband was D. S. Griffin
Their child:
Henry Clay Griffin

Printed in The Davis News on Sept 12, 1912; Reprinted with permission

City Locals

Mr. D. F. Griffin and Mrs. Lena Cotton were married at the latter's home last Thursday night in the presence of a few intimate friends. Justice G. P. Dickinson performed the ceremony. The contracting parties are well known citizens of this community and have many friends who wish them much happiness. They will live on a farm a few miles west of Davis.

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Printed in The Davis News on Nov 16, 1961; Reprinted with permission

Griffin Rites Held Sunday

Services were held Sunday, Nov. 12 at 2:30 p.m. for Mrs. Lena Griffin, 83, who had been ill for nine years. She died Nov. 10 in the Hale's Nursing home, Davis.

Rites were conducted in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Carlos Berry officiating. Burial was in Green Hill cemetery, and Bahner Funeral home had charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Griffin was born June 25, 1878, at Bland, Texas, where she lived her early life. She had been a resident of Davis since 1901, and was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Pallbearers were Willie Warren, Tom Jamison, Joe Zeleniak, Bobbie Riddle, George McFarland, and Herbert Garrison.

Survivors included two daughters, Mrs. Perman Strickland, Sr., of Davis, and Mrs. R. J. Love of Stillwater; three step-daughters, Mrs. Bill Dixon of Davis, Mrs. Clarence Wheelus, both of Salinas, Calif.; two sons, Claud Cotton of Pauls Valley, and Clay Griffin of San Diego, Calif.; a step-son, Demus Griffin of San Diego, Calif; two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Ridgeway and Mrs. Ella Strickland, both of Oklahoma City; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Garland Dodson of Davis; a brother, Floyd Dodson of Honolulu, Hawaii; 12 grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
First husband was John E. Cotten
Their children:
Ruby C. Cotten
Claude E. Cotten
Jessie O. Cotten Strickland
Roy Cotten
maybe Jewel Cotten?

2nd husband was D. S. Griffin
Their child:
Henry Clay Griffin

Printed in The Davis News on Sept 12, 1912; Reprinted with permission

City Locals

Mr. D. F. Griffin and Mrs. Lena Cotton were married at the latter's home last Thursday night in the presence of a few intimate friends. Justice G. P. Dickinson performed the ceremony. The contracting parties are well known citizens of this community and have many friends who wish them much happiness. They will live on a farm a few miles west of Davis.

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Printed in The Davis News on Nov 16, 1961; Reprinted with permission

Griffin Rites Held Sunday

Services were held Sunday, Nov. 12 at 2:30 p.m. for Mrs. Lena Griffin, 83, who had been ill for nine years. She died Nov. 10 in the Hale's Nursing home, Davis.

Rites were conducted in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Carlos Berry officiating. Burial was in Green Hill cemetery, and Bahner Funeral home had charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Griffin was born June 25, 1878, at Bland, Texas, where she lived her early life. She had been a resident of Davis since 1901, and was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Pallbearers were Willie Warren, Tom Jamison, Joe Zeleniak, Bobbie Riddle, George McFarland, and Herbert Garrison.

Survivors included two daughters, Mrs. Perman Strickland, Sr., of Davis, and Mrs. R. J. Love of Stillwater; three step-daughters, Mrs. Bill Dixon of Davis, Mrs. Clarence Wheelus, both of Salinas, Calif.; two sons, Claud Cotton of Pauls Valley, and Clay Griffin of San Diego, Calif.; a step-son, Demus Griffin of San Diego, Calif; two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Ridgeway and Mrs. Ella Strickland, both of Oklahoma City; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Garland Dodson of Davis; a brother, Floyd Dodson of Honolulu, Hawaii; 12 grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.


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  • Maintained by: J&G Sanders
  • Originally Created by: Joan J
  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30173247/lena-griffin: accessed ), memorial page for Lena Dodson Griffin (25 Jun 1878–10 Nov 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30173247, citing Green Hill Cemetery, Davis, Murray County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by J&G Sanders (contributor 46870497).